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569 articles available in total starting from 27/07/2005. Last article published on 30/04/2024.

Magical realist road movie Brutal Heat puts the Earth and the protagonist on a collision course

Magical realist road movie Brutal Heat puts the Earth and the protagonist on a collision course

The feature debut by FAMU student Albert Hospodářský combines magical realism, coming-of-age tale and soft sci-fi in a generational portrait that doubles as an initiation story  

09/11/2021 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Juraj Krasnohorsky • Head of studies, CEE Animation Workshop

Interview: Juraj Krasnohorsky • Head of studies, CEE Animation Workshop

“Producers from our region are now as proficient as their counterparts from big countries”

The Slovak producer broke down the programme of the upcoming CEE Animation Workshop, which is now, for the first time, open to all European animation professionals  

08/11/2021 | CEE Animation Forum 2022

One World IDFF to showcase the best recent documentaries from Slovakia and the Czech Republic

One World IDFF to showcase the best recent documentaries from Slovakia and the Czech Republic

The 22nd edition of the festival will unspool in hybrid form as part of its inclusiveness initiative  

05/11/2021 | Festivals | Awards | Slovakia

Review: Lines

Review: Lines

Forget the sex; in her Ji.hlava winner, Barbora Sliepková finds tenderness in the city  

02/11/2021 | Jihlava 2021

Diana Cam Van Nguyen  • Director of Love, Dad

Interview: Diana Cam Van Nguyen • Director of Love, Dad

“Animation is a convenient tool for depicting fragile emotions”

We talked to the up-and-coming Czech-Vietnamese animator and director, whose latest short film keeps reaping awards on the festival circuit  

27/10/2021 | Jihlava 2021

HBO readies its first-ever Slovak series, The Winner

HBO readies its first-ever Slovak series, The Winner

The six-episode dramedy, directed by Jan Hřebejk, will follow a former prime minister after he returns to a normal life and poke fun at patriarchy and politics  

22/10/2021 | Production | Funding | Slovakia

Review: Kryštof

Review: Kryštof

Zdeněk Jiráský's latest feature follows a man who finds himself on the run, his life upended by the communist-led purges of Czech religious institutions  

15/10/2021 | Febiofest Prague 2021

Michaela Pavlátová  • Director of My Sunny Maad

Interview: Michaela Pavlátová • Director of My Sunny Maad

“Animated characters’ performances can be as powerful as those of live actors”

The Czech director explains how important humour and subtlety were in creating this story about a European woman following her true love to Afghanistan  

12/10/2021 | CinÉast 2021

Peter Bebjak • Director of The Auschwitz Report

Interview: Peter Bebjak • Director of The Auschwitz Report

“Personally, I believe we are living in times when we need heroic films about people who had an important mission”

The prolific Slovak filmmaker talks about his most ambitious project yet, which has just premiered domestically and in the USA  

29/09/2021 | /Slovakia/Czech Republic/Poland/Germany

Slovak and Hungarian cinema in the spotlight at the Cinematik Film Festival

Slovak and Hungarian cinema in the spotlight at the Cinematik Film Festival

The line-up of the festival’s 16th edition includes a host of award-winning European films from recent and previous festival seasons  

14/09/2021 | Festivals | Awards | Slovakia

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